ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 190971
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 September 2008 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: | Pegasus XL-Q |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-MTPS |
| MSN: | SW-WX-0011 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 462 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Middle Barn Farm, Bexhill, East Sussex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Redlands Airfield, near Swindon, Wiltshire |
| Middle Barn Farm, Bexhill, East Sussex | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16-09-2008 in a heavy landing at Middle Barn Farm, Bexhill, East Sussex: the pilot (the sole person on board) sustained only minor injuries. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"G-MTPS overflew the grass airstrip, and its pilot assessed the wind to be from the south. He made an approach to Runway 17 but, after rounding out and at a height of about 10 feet, there was a “swirling gust of wind” from the east. The pilot was unable to control the effect of the wind and G-MTPS landed heavily causing significant damage."
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Cockpit cracked across. Upright to wing connection
block - broken, base tube broken". The damage was enough to presumably render the airframe as "damaged beyond repair", as the registration G-MTPS was cancelled by the CAA on 03-03-2009 (six months later) as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422eef7e5274a131400023d/Pegasus_XL-Q__G-MTPS_02-09.pdf
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=MTPS
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2016 20:47 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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